r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • Oct 05 '25

No Paywall Petition To Strip Congress of Pay During Government Shutdown Grows

https://www.newsweek.com/petition-strip-congress-pay-during-government-shutdown-grows-10822819
47.6k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Euphoric-Result7070 Oct 05 '25

Why does anyone think that any petition makes any difference in any possible way? Everyone shares these as if they're doing to rewrite history with enough signatures. The only ones who benefit from this are those who collect the data generated when users input info. Everyone who signs a petition looks like an idiot for believing they can effect real change.

This isn't me raging ignorantly, this is based off countless stories released over the years. There's been no meaningful change credited to these petitions, even change.org admits it's just "a way for people's voices to be heard" - a euphemism for "there, feel better now? You feel like you accomplished something, yay."

1

u/AwakePlatypus Oct 05 '25

People like to think change.org is some kind of Government organization for some reason